Dark Horse Cues

Dark Horse Cues Dark Horse Cues is a home based business where I make custom pool cues.

I make a lot of break cues and jump cues. I also make a lot of custom cues too. If you’ve chatted with me about jump/bre...
07/09/2026

I make a lot of break cues and jump cues. I also make a lot of custom cues too. If you’ve chatted with me about jump/break combos you might have heard me say that I prefer not to make them. That doesn’t mean I won’t. I just finished this one for Joe. He wanted some bling so we went with railroad track rings. It turned out really nice.

Over the dozen or so years that I have been making my break cues I have never heard anyone say they didn’t like the way ...
07/07/2026

Over the dozen or so years that I have been making my break cues I have never heard anyone say they didn’t like the way they hit. Most often they react with exclamations of surprised shock like, “WOW” or “Holy s$:)”. I like to hear that. Sometimes I have heard comments like, “I love the hit but it’s too loud (colors) for me.”
So I ordered some brown&brown laminated material and decided to offer a different option for my break cues. If you are ever wanting one of my break cues but are holding back because of the “too loud” coloring you should consider something like this.

The handle is blue, green and brown. The shaft is brown, brown. The shaft is close to 13.5mm, with my break shaft tapper, a solid G10 ferrule with a Samsara leather break tip. The weight is 19.8oz (I can set it up to 21). The pin is a 3/8-10 modified and a phenolic insert. 58”, 29”-29” split. This one is available for $625 shipped conus.

I have a new break cue I just finished. Purple&grey, 3/8-10 modified pin with a phenolic insert, 13mm Picone Ultra White...
06/25/2026

I have a new break cue I just finished. Purple&grey, 3/8-10 modified pin with a phenolic insert, 13mm Picone Ultra White Diamond tip on a solid G10 ferrule. Weight can be set from 15.7oz. up to 21oz. $625 shipped with insurance CONUS *SOLD*

I finished Bobby’s break cue today and wanted to post some pictures. I think he will be very happy with it.
05/21/2026

I finished Bobby’s break cue today and wanted to post some pictures. I think he will be very happy with it.

As I work on cue orders I am usually working on cues that I can offer up for sale. I just finished this bright blue, gre...
05/08/2026

As I work on cue orders I am usually working on cues that I can offer up for sale. I just finished this bright blue, green and brown break cue. The vibrant colors are stunning and it came together nicely. The weight is 19.6oz. but there’s room to take it up to 21oz. I used a 3/8-10 modified pin with a phenolic insert (I make my own). With a 13mm Hard Candy tip on a solid G10 ferrule. $625 with insured shipping CONUS.

I recently finished and delivered one of my Percheron 4 axis CNC cue making machines to Shon Hardin of Spankey’s cues. I...
04/12/2026

I recently finished and delivered one of my Percheron 4 axis CNC cue making machines to Shon Hardin of Spankey’s cues. It turned out really nice and I think he is very pleased with it. My machine has a work area of 39” on the X axis, 13.5” on the Y axis and 6.5” on the Z axis. The stepper motors are 570 oz. Nema 23’s. The controller is a Gecko G540 built by Automation Technologies inc. The lathe bed, head stock and tail stock are from Cue Maker (formerly Mid-America lathes). I do a modified 4th axis so the machine can spin on a variable speed 3/4hp motor or with the indexable with the stepper motor. The spindle motor is a 110volt 2.2Kw and can take up to a 1/2” shank with a max speed of 25000 rpm. If you are serious about getting a CNC machine for cue making reach out to me [email protected]

I recently finished a cue for a customer. Joe was great to work with and when he came to me for this build. We started w...
03/24/2026

I recently finished a cue for a customer. Joe was great to work with and when he came to me for this build. We started with bocote for the handle. He told me he was from Hawaii originally and so I said I had some nice pieces of curly koa. He was wondering if I thought I could design something that would look like shark teeth in the design and I said I had a better idea.

I recently sold my every day player. Thank goodness I had this one in the works. I brought it to BCA nationals and I cou...
02/25/2026

I recently sold my every day player. Thank goodness I had this one in the works. I brought it to BCA nationals and I couldn’t be happier. NFS

02/25/2026

My new player

I sent out a cue to a customer recently and thought I would share some pictures. It’s a 30”-30” full splice build of zeb...
02/21/2026

I sent out a cue to a customer recently and thought I would share some pictures. It’s a 30”-30” full splice build of zebra wood and a dark roasted bird’s eye maple. Brown phenolic collars and butt cap with a kielwood shaft. Some added ebony diamonds with smaller abalone diamonds in between. It turned out great with a nice balance and subtle beauty. Thank you Dax for having me build this for you.

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